Do you know why a band picked out it's name? Feel free to let us know.

I can't verify all of these stories, so do take them with a grain of salt. I try and
delete the ones that I know to be bogus, but I don't know the origins of every band name
(and some bands intentionally tell different stories about picking their band name).

Scott Stapp originally wanted to name the band Naked Toddler, after a newpaper clipping that he kept in his walet. Brian Marshall was in a band called Marshall's Creed, and as they were tossing out names they decided to go with Creed, as it is a strong belief in something, and they believed in what they were doing, the music they were making, and it all being about the super jackpot.

Scott Stapp and the other band members tried to come up with a name. They tried Scott's Creed,and a bunch of other ones. So Scott said let's just stick with Creed. Creed means a belief in something, so since Scott was going through troubles in life,he struggled with what HE believed.

I'm sorry, but everyone so far has been wrong. In an official interview, they said that there were no divine undertones to their name, but that it was taken from the surname of the family in Stephen King's Pet Sematary.

Creed's former bassist, Brian Marshall, had belonged to a band called Marshell's Creed (named after the street their garage band played on). So when he joined Creed, they were trying to use Marshall's previous band name but Phillip's Creed, Tremonti's Creed, or Stapp's Creed didn't sound right. So they just dubbed their band CREED.

at first they called themselves Naked Toddler, after a newspaper clipping Tremonti had, but then they decided that name sucked,so they went back to a band one of them had previously been in, Marshell's Creed, and decided to shorten it to just plain Creed! \m/

fist they tried the naked todler but they said it scared people so they got the name creed from the definition of creed which means the conffesion of faith scott stapp wanted the name to mean something about him and his life of confussion with faith so he wanted to confess his faith

According to John Fogerty, the name is a combination of a beer commercial and a friend's name.

Amy

Creedence Clearwater Revival, (CCR)

After playing together for almost ten years, under a few names, they adopted the name Creedence Clearwater Revival, after a friend of a friend of Tom Fogerty, Credence Nuball. The first name, with its connotations of believability and integrity, appealed to the group. Clearwater also had two meanings. It came initially from a beer commercial, but also resonated with the burgeoning environmental movement of the time. Revival, however, had one meaning. It was the band's aspiration, that after four years as the Golliwogs, after ten years of playing together, this new change in their fortunes would take the band where they all knew it could go. John Fogerty would often say, "The most important part was revival." (most of this came from their history on, creedence-online.net)

Buddy Holly ( originally Holley, but he accepted the common mis-spelling ) misunderstood an agent's question as to the background in his songs, thinking it referred to the crickets that ended up on some recordings. "That's the crickets" he said, and that's how he got billed.

Buddy Holly's backup band was named after the insect. However, John Lennon thought the name was a double pun on the insect and the sport, and the idea of having Beatles as a pun was born.

Mr. Bun

Crimson Iris

They got their name after winning the Iris Crimson belt in a talent show, the leader Brad Kronic won by playing his guitar infront of his friends and hundreds of other people, later Mark decided to put together a band with Brad, I miss them..

Shawn Key

Crimson Suffering

They originally intended to call it Crimson. Realising that was taken, they said they will suffer without a name. Lucy the drummer said Crimson Suffering as a joke and the name stuck.

Despite popular think, this was not the original last names of any of the members (they later changed them). A "Crosby" is a British marijuana joint...the name derives from Bing Crosby who smoked plenty. "Stills" is the device to make moonshine, "Nash" was for American poet Ogden Nash (1902-1971); an author especially of humorous and prosodically unorthodox verse. And finally "Young" which describes the types of women the band members liked. NOTE: By the time the band formed they had already changed their names from David (Crosby) Hedberg, Steven (Stills) Kweller, Grady "Graham Nash" Fasnacht, and Neil "young" Gooch.

The band did use Cross and Canadian's last name. But Ragweed comes from a combination. At the very beginning the group had another member named Weediman (not sure I am spelling that right). Anyway 'ragweed' stands for both of them. The name was suggested to them by my brother Johnny Ragsdale (Randy's Dad).

Rhythm Guitar - Grady Cross Lead Guitar and Vocals - Cody Canada Drums - Randy Ragsdale This one is kinda self explanitory...the guys just combined their last names and used Ragsdale's high school nickname (Ragweed). At least that is what I've heard. Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong.

While recording their first album in L.A The boys lived in a small house in the hills of L.A Nick Seymour was always inviting people over for parties. Someone said that they were living in a "Crowded House" Their only other names considered were "The Mullane's" which is Neil Finn's middle name and "Largest Living Things" which is something Paul came up with

Formerly known as the Mullanes(from Neil Finn's middle name and his and his brother Tim's mother's maiden name), the band changed their name to "Crowded House," which alluded to the cramped quarters the three members shared at 1902 N. Sycamore St. in Los Angeles during the recording of the album.

back when they were getting started niether of the members of CM had a car to get to the studio across town, one of them had a friend that was a girl named "Crystal" and she took them to and from the studio. One day they were talking to each other on the phone and one of them said "How are we gonna get to the studio today?" and the other one said "The Crystal Method"

According to an interview with Scott and Ken (which, if I recall correctly, was printed in the liner notes of one of their albums), they both had a crush on a girl named Crystal, who was causing them some heartbreak. They told this to one of their friends, who was a rapper, and he said, "ahhh, the Crystal method." They liked it so much they adopted it. Despite what many people think, it has nothing to do with methamphetamines.

The first explanation (the girl named 'Crystal') is almost accurate. They both had a crush on her and when learning of this a rapper friend of theirs said "Oh, the Crystal Method?" They do not support or endorse drug abuse in any way.

According to a friend who knew them before they got big, Crystal Method wanted to have a name that stood for something rebellious or offensive, but sounded innocent. They thought of various drug names and eventually decided on "Crystal Meth". However, they didn't want to simply be named after a drug, and eventually the letters "o" and "d" were added, which are an acronym for Overdose (crystal-meth-overdose). They have also stated that the name makes their group sound more eclectic and deep.

The members of the band were in Las Vegas and they were being chauffered around by a girl named Crystal. Later on, they called this "the Crystal method" and that how they got their name. (According to the members when they were on Loveline). This is not about "crystal methanthetamine".

A play on the term "crystal methamphetamine" or "crystal meth". Along with "Ecstasy", the drug of choice among illegal rave parties.

electronic

Crystalline Pirates

Monica E originally wanted it to be Crystalline Tires because of the scientific stuff (crystalline, as in diamonds and amorphous, as in tires). Carl E wanted it to be the Pirate Monkeys. They fused the names to compromise.

Their birth names, according to Wikipedia, are as follows: David Van Cortlandt Crosby, Stephen Arthur Stills, Graham William Nash, and Neil Percival Young. Any relation to other things/items/concepts/people is just coincidence.

Originally called Southern Death Cult after a Native American tribe (not sure which one, sorry) whose beliefs and practices concerning exhaltation of one's ancestors held fascination for singer Ian Astbury. When Southern Death Cult disbanded (releasing one retrospective album of singles, demos and live performances), Astbury formed a new band with guitarist Billy Duffy, and bassist Jamie Stewart, called Death Cult. Death Cult released two 12" EPs before changing their name to The Cult - they were about to appear on British TV for the first time and were concerned the name would be misinterpreted.

They Started out as the Southern Death Cult. The band members changed and for copyright reasons, they couldn't keep the name. They shortened it to Death Cult, but for similar reasons they had to shorten it again to simply the Cult.

Boy George and Jon Moss say they came up with the name at random while brainstorming whatever dumb names popped into their head. It seemed to fit because they were a mix of cultures: a black man, a Jew, an Irish drag queen and a big old blonde Anglo-Saxon. However, the name might not be quite that random: English grammar school boys of George et al's vintage were required to choose a club (e.g., the Chess Club, the Photography Club, etc.) to join for a class period or two per week--- and the "Culture Club" traditionally attracted a disproportionate number of gay kids.

Tim Horrigan

Curb Service and The Curvettes

50's and 60's music. Taken from Drive-In Resturants that had "Car Hops" that provided curb service to your car with your food order on a tray.

The Cure owns this name to an early (and awful, according to Robert Smith himself - singer and guitarist of that formation) demo song, "easy cure". They also used the name "Easy Cure" before being signed by Hansa Records/Small Wonders in 1978. At that moment, the band stuck to "The Cure". Robert Smith admits that the band name got absolutely no deep meaning at all nor stands as pointer to his very autobiographical lyrics. As he said: "I would have name the band 'Psychotherapy' if it was the case."!!!

Robert Smith began playing music as a kid in the early 70s when he received a guitar for Christmas. By 1975, he had begun playing cover tunes with his friends, Lawrence Tolhurst and Michael Dempsey. The trio originally called themselves the Obelisks and then Malice after a few years. The name Easy Cure was used when they did their first studio work in 1976 and 77. Robert shortened the name to the Cure when they signed with Fiction Records in 1977 because the original name sounded too "hippyish and American west coast."

The earliest incarnation of The Cure was The Obelisk - a highschool band from a Catholic school during the early 70s who attempted to sound "mock-religious", hence the name. Later in 1976 some of the members from The Obelisk played a couple of gigs as "Malice", so named in keeping with their heavy rock sound. The following year the band became more influenced by punk and changed their name to "Easy Cure", which was the name of one of their newer punk-style songs written by drummer Lol Tolhurst. When guitarist Robert Smith became the permanent singer/lyricist he convinced the band to change their name to The Cure because he thought "Easy Cure" was stupid and he liked band-names beginning with "The".